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yet he persevered through it all. >> manti's the heart and soul of this team. >> reporter: for te'o, this game is now everything. >> the past three years that i've sat in my living room and watched that game, i texted one of my teammates, i do not wanna be sitting in this living room watching this game. >> reporter: on the other side of the field, alabama quarterback a.j. mccarron, who's not just playing for his team, but a little girl who he met while she was undergoing treatment for leukemia a little over a year ago. she gave him a bright yellow bracelet, invibed with the words "just trust." he will be wearing it on the field tomorrow. >> i never take it off. i'm always thinking about her. she's a special girl. >> reporter: and she will be one of an estimated 30 million people watching the game tomorrow. so much emotion. so much drama and so much at stake. josh elliott, abc news, miami. >> on the field tomorrow night, josh we'll be looking for you first thing in the morning. you can watch notre dame take on alabama tomorrow night on our partner network, espn, 8:00 eastern. in the m
yet he persevered through it all. >> manti's the heart and soul of this team. >> reporter: for te'o, this game is now everything. >> the past three years that i've sat in my living room and watched that game, i texted one of my teammates, i do not wanna be sitting in this living room watching this game. >> reporter: on the other side of the field, alabama quarterback a.j. mccarron, who's not just playing for his team, but a little girl who he met while she was undergoing...
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reporter: the fighting irish stand on history's doorstep thanks in part to senior captain and linebacker manti te'o, the emotional core of the team. earlier this season he lost his grandmother and hours later learned his girlfriend died of leukemia and yet persevered. >> last three years, i sat in my living room, watching the game. i do not want to sit in the living room watching this game. >> reporter: on the other side of the field, a.j. mccaren not just playing for his team but a little girl undergoing treatment for leukemia a little over a year ago. she gave him a bright yellow bracelet inscribed with the words, just trust. he will be wearing it on the field. >> i never take it off. i will always think about her. she is a special girl. >> reporter: so much emotion, so much drama, and so much at stake. josh elliott, abc news, miami. >> and you can watch notre dame take on alabama tonight on espn, 8:00 eastern time. you certainly know which team you will be rooting for. >> go irish! had to get that out! yes! had to get that out! >> whoa, look at that. whoa, sunny. >> i had to get that out. >
reporter: the fighting irish stand on history's doorstep thanks in part to senior captain and linebacker manti te'o, the emotional core of the team. earlier this season he lost his grandmother and hours later learned his girlfriend died of leukemia and yet persevered. >> last three years, i sat in my living room, watching the game. i do not want to sit in the living room watching this game. >> reporter: on the other side of the field, a.j. mccaren not just playing for his team but a...
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i think that's what life is all about. >> so you have manti te'o from notre dame and then a.j. mccarron, the inspirational leader of the crimson tide, a quarterback for the crimson tide. he met a girl named starla about a year ago. and starla chapman was a 3-year-old in an intensive care unit in mobile, alabama. when he gave her a christmas present, on christmas eve, she gave him a wristband that said just trust. he pl he wore that in the national championship last year. and as he wore that, she was on the brink of death. after she wore that, she's been on the road to recovery and her cancer is in full remission. a.j. said he's blessed to be able to touch people in that way. >> i've been blessed enough to be in a position to kind of touch people's lives and inspire them in certain ways. and she was a blessing to me. just kind of met her on that christmas eve, that day at the children's hospital and just kind of -- a relationship has taken off from there. >> reporter: and when you seeage tonig a.j. on the field, he will be wearing that wristband. he has not taken it off since sh
i think that's what life is all about. >> so you have manti te'o from notre dame and then a.j. mccarron, the inspirational leader of the crimson tide, a quarterback for the crimson tide. he met a girl named starla about a year ago. and starla chapman was a 3-year-old in an intensive care unit in mobile, alabama. when he gave her a christmas present, on christmas eve, she gave him a wristband that said just trust. he pl he wore that in the national championship last year. and as he wore...
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dame could keep it close early, i think they actually have a fighting chance in the second half and manti te'o, he's going to have to do something special. a pickoff, a fumble return, something special to turn the tide. flt you will. >> oh! all right, guys. we're going to leave it at that. pete, always good to speak with you. >> great to be with you. >> our thanks to brian, as well. anybody watching the game tonight? >> ah, yeah, yeah. and as much as people love to hate the s.e.c., s.e.c. wins again. best conference in the nation. >> none of us on this desk hate the s.e.c. just for the record. >> especially anthony. >> go gators. >>> coming up next hour on "mad money," cramer is looking at the bank of america and home depot. but which one will score you profits in 2013? plus, jim scott, the ceo of nps from the floor of the jpmorgan health care conference, all coming up at the top of the hour. first move tomorrow when we come back. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] don't just reject convention. drown it out. introducing the all-new 2013 lexus ls f sport. an entirely new pursuit. we don't let
dame could keep it close early, i think they actually have a fighting chance in the second half and manti te'o, he's going to have to do something special. a pickoff, a fumble return, something special to turn the tide. flt you will. >> oh! all right, guys. we're going to leave it at that. pete, always good to speak with you. >> great to be with you. >> our thanks to brian, as well. anybody watching the game tonight? >> ah, yeah, yeah. and as much as people love to hate...
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. >> manti tayo, he's electric. he jumps off the screen at you. he's the epicenter of that defense. he's the heartbeat. he's the mind, the soul, the spirit. he's the all everything of that notre dame team. as he goes, the team goes. what a great story. we know about the adversity he's been through. he lost his grandmother, then his girlfriend passed away and he just continued to be someone to -- praise worthy. praise worthy with his play, his leadership. it will be fun watching him succeed tonight and in many years in the nfl. >> absolutely. you want to see him win. all right. so the odds are not in our favor. the vegas odds favor alabama by about 9.5 points. how about a prediction? >> well, it's good that you and i probably aren't betting people, right? >> i don't know. we may be. off the air i may send you an e-mail. what's your prediction? do you have a score for me? you did last week. >> this is going to be a team of defenses. i'm thinking low-scoring game. not too high scoring. i'll go with 21-20 the irish of notre dame. >> all right. loving that. i'm going to join you on that.
. >> manti tayo, he's electric. he jumps off the screen at you. he's the epicenter of that defense. he's the heartbeat. he's the mind, the soul, the spirit. he's the all everything of that notre dame team. as he goes, the team goes. what a great story. we know about the adversity he's been through. he lost his grandmother, then his girlfriend passed away and he just continued to be someone to -- praise worthy. praise worthy with his play, his leadership. it will be fun watching him...